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5) Hatch!
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children's
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes and identifies nine birds and their eggs and nests.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance...
10) Birds make nests
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the different kinds of nests that birds build to keep their eggs and chicks safe.
11) Birds in spring
Author
Series
Through the seasons volume 1
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
23 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the behaviors of various kinds of birds as they return to northern areas in the spring, claim territory, court, build nests, and lay eggs.
Author
Series
Corrie Herring Hooks volume no. 2
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
xviii, 503 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A detailed survey ... of the family life and reproductive behavior of birds, from the formation of pairs to the young birds' attainment of independence."
14) From my window
Author
Publisher
Hallmark Cards
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 14 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces birds from around the world and describes some of their unique characteristics and behavior, from starlings that can mimic sounds to owls that have vision one hundred times better than humans.
16) The wind birds
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1973]
Physical Desc
159 p. illus. 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Wenfei Tong is a research associate in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Mike Webster is the Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University and director of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
A stunningly illustrated look at the mating and parenting lives of the world's birds
Bird Love looks at the extraordinary range of...
18) Birds of prey
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
19) Birds
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Just Like Us! Birds gives young readers an up-close and personal look at how birds do things that are remarkably similar to the way humans do"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Brimming with stories, wisdom, and expert knowledge, this delightful book gives enthusiasts a peek into the private worlds of eleven North American birds: swallows, blue jays, chickadees, song sparrows, house sparrows, phoebes, mockingbirds, crows, red-winged blackbirds, robins, and hummingbirds. Calvin Simonds shows you how to really observe these birds -- how to interpret the caws of crows, recognize blue jays from their facial markings, understand...
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